had the same problem. Like Michael wrote /usr/bin/cdrdao - set to 4711, /usr/bin/wodim to4711 and /usr/bin/growisofs 0755 made it work
cd /usr/bin sudo chmod -v 4711 cdrdao udo chmod -v 4711 wodim sudo chmod -v 0755 growisofs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to brasero in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770502 Title: Brasero hangs when burning cds Status in brasero package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Brasero hangs at the "starting recording..." status box and the progress bar freezes. Nothing is written to the disc. I did not have this problem prior to upgrading to 18.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: brasero 3.12.1-4ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu May 10 17:11:18 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-28 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: brasero UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/1770502/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp